Exodus 17:4
World English Bible (WEB)
Moses cried to the LORD, saying, “What shall I do with these people? They are almost ready to stone me.”
In context
2 Therefore the people quarreled with Moses, and said, “Give us water to drink.” Moses said to them, “Why do you quarrel with me? Why do you test the LORD?”
3 The people were thirsty for water there; so the people murmured against Moses, and said, “Why have you brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us, our children, and our livestock with thirst?”
4 Moses cried to the LORD, saying, “What shall I do with these people? They are almost ready to stone me.”
5 The LORD said to Moses, “Walk on before the people, and take the elders of Israel with you, and take the rod in your hand with which you struck the Nile, and go.
6 Behold, I will stand before you there on the rock in Horeb. You shall strike the rock, and water will come out of it, that the people may drink.” Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.
Exodus 17:4 in every translation
- WEB World English Bible
- Moses cried to the LORD, saying, “What shall I do with these people? They are almost ready to stone me.”
- KJV King James Version
- And Moses cried unto the LORD, saying, What shall I do unto this people? they be almost ready to stone me.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Then Moses cried out to the LORD, “What should I do with these people? A little more and they will stone me!”
- ASV American Standard Version
- And Moses cried unto Jehovah, saying, What shall I do unto this people? they are almost ready to stone me.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- And Moses crieth to Jehovah, saying, 'What do I to this people? yet a little, and they have stoned me.'
- DBY Darby Translation
- And Moses cried to Jehovah, saying, What shall I do with this people? Yet a little, and they will stone me!
- WBS Webster Bible
- And Moses cried to the LORD, saying, What shall I do to this people? they are almost ready to stone me.